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The Female Vision by Sally Helgesen and Julie Johnson — WisdomDeck honest review
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The Female Vision

by Sally Helgesen and Julie Johnson

What women notice (broad-spectrum attention, relational focus, long-term and social consequences) and why organisations should value it. Research-based argument, less tactical than How Women Rise.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Noticing is a skill, and a gendered one.
  2. Relational data is data.
  3. Value what you did not measure.

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What women notice.

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